Signs Of The Flu – Professor Michael Woodward AM

IN A NORTH Queensland aged care facility, a nurse is helping an elderly resident. The Enrolled Nurse of 30 years bathes the woman, puts on a fresh nightie and smooths back her hair. She talks to the mother-of-four who was born in the 1930s and lived through the second World War. She discusses the weather,... Read More

The aged care industry is facing increasing levels of competition, becoming far more consumer-orientated and undergoing reform (Consumer Directed Care, introduction of the Increasing Choice in Home Care measure, etc.). As in any other industry, there is an increased need (and expectation) that providers understand their target audience and engage in social media as a... Read More

Each of these ‘little boxes’ in the locked down Melbourne towers holds a story. Someone who matters. We are listening and we care. The past two days I have had the privilege of being one of a team of nurses from Knox Private Hospital providing COVID swabbing for the residents of the towers. This pandemic brings... Read More